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<p><a href="page.php?w=Commodore_16">Commodore 16</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=Commodore_65">Commodore 65</a>.</p>

<p><big> Description and history </big></p>
<p>The parallel <a href="page.php?w=IEEE-488">IEEE-488</a> interface used on the <a href="page.php?w=Commodore_PET">Commodore PET</a> (1977) computer line was too costly, so a cost reduced version was developed, which consisted of a stripped down, serial version of the IEEE-488 interface, with only a few signals remaining; however, the general protocol layout was kept. Commodore began using this bus</p><p>
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